Workshop: Early Modern (Anti-) Scepticism

4 June 2018

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The rise of scepticism in the early modern period led to new and innovative theories on both the sceptical and the anti-sceptical sides of the debate. This workshop aims to investigate the sceptical and anti-sceptical elements in the philosophies of David Hume, Thomas Reid, and Baruch Spinoza. In particular, the questions to be addressed are first, in what respect these philosophers embraced scepticism or made use of sceptical strategies, and second, how, and by which means and at what cost, they resisted sceptical arguments.

Venue
Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies
Schlüterstraße 51/5th Floor
Room 5060
20146 Hamburg

Programme
[pdf]

The event is open to the public, with advance registration via e-mail:
maimonides-centre"AT"uni-hamburg.de

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